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W. KADLETZ & R. B. STOOKER.

STAND.

No. 500,006. Patented June 20, 1893.

INVENTOHS l s E S M H W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM KADLETZ AND ROBERT E. STOOKER, OF LEMHI AGENCY, IDAHO.

STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,006, dated June 20, 1893.

Application filed February 25, 1893. Serial No. 46 3,701- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM KADLETZ and ROBERT B. STOCKER, of Lemhi Agency, in the county of Lemhi and State of Idaho, have invented a new and Improved Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in stands; and the object of our invention is to produce a cheap, strong, and convenient stand which may be made up of Wire, and which is especially adapted for use as a washstand, but which may be used for other purposes as hereinafter described.

To this end our invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the stand embodying our invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

The stand is provided with branching legs which, at their lower ends, are bent inward and formed into coils 11 these serving as feet and the legs converge and are held parallel with each other to form the center or body portion of the stand, as shown at 12, the wires composing the legs being curved or bent outward at a point near the center of the body, as shown at 13, this construction serving tostiffen the body and also improving the appearance of the stand. The wire members composing the legs and body are again brought together above the curved portions 13, as shown at 14, after which they are curved outward, as shown at 15, these outwardly curved parts 15 being placed at equal distances apart, and the members or parts 15 are at their outer ends bent downward and inward so as to form terminal eyes 16 in which are hung rings 18, these being adapted to receive and support towels or to form hangers upon which flower-pots or other articles may be suspended. The branching upper ends 15 of the stand are adapted to support a wash-bowl 17 or a flower-pot, or in fact, any article adapted to rest upon them.

At a point above the curved portions 13 is a brush and comb rack 19, formed of spiral wire which encircles the body of the stand, the spiral being reduced toward its lowerend, which end is held between collars 20 on the bodyof the stand. Below the curved portion 13 is another similar rack 21 which also encircles the body and has its reduced lower end fastened between collars 22 on the body. This rack 21 is adapted to contain soap, but it will be understood that the racks 19 and 21 may be made to hold any necessary articles.

The eyes or feet 11 of the stand have notches 23, in their upper edges, which are adapted to receive and support the edge of a flat circular shelf 24:, the shelf being formed of wire wound in a close coil, and as shown in the drawings, the shelf may be easily detached if necessary. The shelf forms a convenient support for a pitcher or other article.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that this stand may be cheaply and easily made, that the arrangement of the wires composing it is such as to give it great strength, and it will also be understood that while it is especially adapted for use as a wash-stand, it may be employed for other purposes and makes a very pretty and convenient flowerstand.

When used as a flower-stand, a large flowerpot maybe placed on the top of the stand, another on the shelf, and smaller pots may be suspended from the rings 18.

Having thus described our invention, we claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent 7 I 1. As an improved article a stand formed of wire strands united near their central portions, the lower portions being spread and turned under to provide legs, while the upper portions of the strands are spread and turned into eyes at their terminals and the towel rings suspended from said eyes,'substantially as shown and described. 7

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a wire stand having a vertical body portion formed of parallel strands of wire, the strands branching at their lower ends and being bent inward to form feet and branching also at their upper ends and terminating in eyes carrying suspending rings, and racks or trays secured to the body portion of the stand, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article, a stand formed of wire strands united near their central portions, the lower portions of said strands being spread and turned under and notched upon their inner edges, and a oonvolute coiled wire shelf adapted to be seated in said notches, substantially as shown and described.

4. As an improved article of manufacture,

a stand formed of wire and having wire strands arranged parallel with each other to form a body on the stand, the strands branching at their lowerends and being formed into feet and branching also at-their upper ends to form a support for an article, and racks or trays secured to the stand and formed of spi- I 5 ml wires encircling the body of the stand and secured at their reduced ends to said body,

substantially as described.

WILLIAM, KADLETZ. ROBERT B. sTooKER. Witnesses:

HORATIO SCHWARTZ, ROBERT KIRKHAM. 

